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Author: John Steinbeck
1990.
—.
The True Adventures of John Steinbeck, Writer.
New York: Viking, 1984.
Britch, Carroll, and Cliff Lewis. “Shadow of The Indian in the Fiction of John Steinbeck.” In
Rediscovering Steinbeck: Revisionist Views of His Art, Politics, and Intellect,
ed. Cliff Lewis and Carroll Britch. Lewiston, Va.: Edwin Mellen, 1989, pp. 125–154.
Davis, Robert Murray, ed.
Steinbeck: A Collection of Critical Essays.
Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1972.
DeMott, Robert J.
Steinbeck’s Reading.
New York: Garland, 1984.
Fontenrose, Joseph.
“Sea of Cortez.”
In Davis,
Steinbeck: A Collection of Critical Essays,
pp. 122–134.
Garza, Rodolfo O. de la, et. al., eds.
The Mexican American Experience: An Interdisciplinary Anthology.
Austin: University of Texas Press, 1985.
Gladstein, Mimi Reisel.
The Indestructible Woman in Faulkner, Hemingway, and Steinbeck.
Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Research Press, 1986.
Hayashi, Tetsumaro, ed.
John Steinbeck, The Years of
Greatness, 1936–1939.
Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 1993.
Hughes, R.
S.John Steinbeck: A Study of the Short Fiction.
Boston: Twayne, 1989.
Jung, Carl G.
The Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious,
ed. Sir Herbert Read, et. al. 2nd ed., vol. 9 [1] of
The Collected Works ofC. G. Jung
(New York: Bollingen Foundation, Inc., 1975).
Kiernan, Thomas.
The Intricate Music: A Biography of John Steinbeck.
Boston: Little, Brown, 1979.
Lisca, Peter.
The Wide World of John Steinbeck.
New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 1958; rpt. New York: Gordian Press, 1981.
Millichap, Joseph R.
Steinbeck and Film.
New York: Frederick Ungar, 1983.
Morris, Harry.
“The Pearl:
Realism and Allegory.” In Davis,
Steinbeck: A Collection of Critical Essays,
pp. 149–162.
Owens, Louis.
John Steinbeck’s Re-Vision of America,
Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1985.
Simmonds, Roy S. “Steinbeck’s
The Pearl:
Legend, Film, Novel.” In Benson,
The Short Novels of John Steinbeck,
pp. 173–184.
—. “Steinbeck’s
The Pearl:
A Preliminary Textual Study.”
Steinbeck Quarterly
22 (Winter-Spring, 1989), pp. 16 –34.
St. Pierre, Brian.
John Steinbeck, the California Years.
San Francisco, Calif: Chronicle Books, 1983.
Steinbeck, Elaine, and Robert Wallsten, eds.
Steinbeck: A Life in Letters,
New York: Viking, 1975.
Steinbeck, John.
Cannery Row.
New York: Viking, 1945.
—.
The Grapes of Wrath.
New York: Viking, 1939.
—. “My Short Novels.” In Benson,
The Short Novels of
John Steinbeck,
pp. 15 –17.
—.
The Pearl.
New York: Viking, 1947.
—. with Edward F. Ricketts.
Sea of Cortez: A Leisurely
Journal of Travel and Research.
New York: Viking, 1941.
—. with Edward F. Ricketts.
The Log from The Sea of
Cortez,
ed. Richard Astro. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1973.
Timmerman, John H. “The Shadow and the Pearl: Jungian Patterns in
The Pearl.”
In Benson,
The Short Novels of
John Steinbeck,
pp. 143–161.
The Pearl
“In the town they tell the story of the great pearl” how it was found and how it was lost again. They tell of Kino, the fisherman, and of his wife, Juana, and of the baby, Coyotito. And because the story has been told so often, it has taken root in every man’s mind. And, as with all retold tales that are in people’s hearts, there are only good and bad things and black and white things and good and evil things and no in-between anywhere.
“If this story is a parable, perhaps everyone takes his own meaning from it and reads his own life into it. In any case, they say in the town that…”
1
Kino awakened in the near dark. The stars still shone and the day had drawn only a pale wash of light in the lower sky to the east. The roosters had been crowing for some time, and the early pigs were already beginning their ceaseless turning of twigs and bits of wood to see whether anything to eat had been overlooked. Outside the brush house in the tuna clump, a covey of little birds chittered and flurried with their
—.
The True Adventures of John Steinbeck, Writer.
New York: Viking, 1984.
Britch, Carroll, and Cliff Lewis. “Shadow of The Indian in the Fiction of John Steinbeck.” In
Rediscovering Steinbeck: Revisionist Views of His Art, Politics, and Intellect,
ed. Cliff Lewis and Carroll Britch. Lewiston, Va.: Edwin Mellen, 1989, pp. 125–154.
Davis, Robert Murray, ed.
Steinbeck: A Collection of Critical Essays.
Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1972.
DeMott, Robert J.
Steinbeck’s Reading.
New York: Garland, 1984.
Fontenrose, Joseph.
“Sea of Cortez.”
In Davis,
Steinbeck: A Collection of Critical Essays,
pp. 122–134.
Garza, Rodolfo O. de la, et. al., eds.
The Mexican American Experience: An Interdisciplinary Anthology.
Austin: University of Texas Press, 1985.
Gladstein, Mimi Reisel.
The Indestructible Woman in Faulkner, Hemingway, and Steinbeck.
Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Research Press, 1986.
Hayashi, Tetsumaro, ed.
John Steinbeck, The Years of
Greatness, 1936–1939.
Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 1993.
Hughes, R.
S.John Steinbeck: A Study of the Short Fiction.
Boston: Twayne, 1989.
Jung, Carl G.
The Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious,
ed. Sir Herbert Read, et. al. 2nd ed., vol. 9 [1] of
The Collected Works ofC. G. Jung
(New York: Bollingen Foundation, Inc., 1975).
Kiernan, Thomas.
The Intricate Music: A Biography of John Steinbeck.
Boston: Little, Brown, 1979.
Lisca, Peter.
The Wide World of John Steinbeck.
New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 1958; rpt. New York: Gordian Press, 1981.
Millichap, Joseph R.
Steinbeck and Film.
New York: Frederick Ungar, 1983.
Morris, Harry.
“The Pearl:
Realism and Allegory.” In Davis,
Steinbeck: A Collection of Critical Essays,
pp. 149–162.
Owens, Louis.
John Steinbeck’s Re-Vision of America,
Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1985.
Simmonds, Roy S. “Steinbeck’s
The Pearl:
Legend, Film, Novel.” In Benson,
The Short Novels of John Steinbeck,
pp. 173–184.
—. “Steinbeck’s
The Pearl:
A Preliminary Textual Study.”
Steinbeck Quarterly
22 (Winter-Spring, 1989), pp. 16 –34.
St. Pierre, Brian.
John Steinbeck, the California Years.
San Francisco, Calif: Chronicle Books, 1983.
Steinbeck, Elaine, and Robert Wallsten, eds.
Steinbeck: A Life in Letters,
New York: Viking, 1975.
Steinbeck, John.
Cannery Row.
New York: Viking, 1945.
—.
The Grapes of Wrath.
New York: Viking, 1939.
—. “My Short Novels.” In Benson,
The Short Novels of
John Steinbeck,
pp. 15 –17.
—.
The Pearl.
New York: Viking, 1947.
—. with Edward F. Ricketts.
Sea of Cortez: A Leisurely
Journal of Travel and Research.
New York: Viking, 1941.
—. with Edward F. Ricketts.
The Log from The Sea of
Cortez,
ed. Richard Astro. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1973.
Timmerman, John H. “The Shadow and the Pearl: Jungian Patterns in
The Pearl.”
In Benson,
The Short Novels of
John Steinbeck,
pp. 143–161.
The Pearl
“In the town they tell the story of the great pearl” how it was found and how it was lost again. They tell of Kino, the fisherman, and of his wife, Juana, and of the baby, Coyotito. And because the story has been told so often, it has taken root in every man’s mind. And, as with all retold tales that are in people’s hearts, there are only good and bad things and black and white things and good and evil things and no in-between anywhere.
“If this story is a parable, perhaps everyone takes his own meaning from it and reads his own life into it. In any case, they say in the town that…”
1
Kino awakened in the near dark. The stars still shone and the day had drawn only a pale wash of light in the lower sky to the east. The roosters had been crowing for some time, and the early pigs were already beginning their ceaseless turning of twigs and bits of wood to see whether anything to eat had been overlooked. Outside the brush house in the tuna clump, a covey of little birds chittered and flurried with their